Murtonda Durant was a model of consistency and success, earning
All-America status 15 times in a four-year career, while being a
major factor in UMass Boston's dominance of women's track and
field. She helped the Beacons to four NCAA team championships,
including three consecutive indoor titles and was part of UMass
Boston's incredible feat of becoming the first school in NCAA
history to capture both indoor and outdoor team championships
during the same year. UMB finished as the national runner-up three
times and placed fourth in the outdoor championships during
Durant's freshman season. A 1989 graduate of UMass Boston, she
specialized in the 400 meters, qualifying as an All-American in all
four indoor and all four outdoor races she competed in at the NCAA
Championships and won the indoor title in 1985 and 1987 when she
ran a 56.66 to set an NCAA record, which stood for 10 years. Durant
was also a part of the Beacons' unstoppable 4X400 relay team that
took four straight NCAA outdoor crowns, while establishing an NCAA
record time of 3:40.76 in 1988 that still stands, and a pair of
indoor titles. She currently holds indoor school records for the
55-meter dash and the 600-yard dash. Her success wasn't limited to
the NCAAs either, earning All-ECAC and All-New England honors for
both indoor and outdoor in all four years of competition.